Level: 3
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 800
Level: 3
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 800
Players are going on the first 15-minute break of the day.
The field has grown to 58 entries so far, with 57 players remaining.
Bradley Jansen opened to 1,200 from the hijack and was called by Scott Seiver in the cutoff and Shaun Deeb in the big blind.
All three players took one off and Deeb checked to Jansen, who bet 5,200. Seiver called and Deeb folded.
Seiver mucked after Jansen turned over 8x7x5x4x2x and Jansen padded his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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68,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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60,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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51,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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David Lin and Dave Rogers went past the draw when Lin bet 1,700 from under the gun. Rogers then raised to 4,100 in the big blind.
Lin came back with a reraise to 15,000 and Rogers called. Lin showed 8x6x5x4x2x and Rogers mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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35,000 |
Chance Kornuth raised to 1,600 under the gun and Joshua Faris three-bet to 6,500 in the hijack. Eric Wasserson called on the button, while Kornuth also called.
Kornuth drew two, and Faris and Wasserson both took one. Kornuth then led out for 9,000 and Faris called, while Wasserson got out of the way.
Kornuth showed 9x7x5x4x2x and Faris mucked 9x8x7x3x2x.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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65,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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31,000
29,000
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29,000 |
Thomas Taylor opened to 1,000 from under the gun and was three-bet to 3,500 by Ryutaro Suzuki in the hijack. Action folded back to Taylor who called.
Taylor drew one and Suzuki stood pat. Taylor then led out for 8,000 and Suzuki laid his hand down.
Meanwhile, Darren Elias has gotten off to a great start and appears to be the current chip leader with approximately 135,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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135,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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55,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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50,000
2,000
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2,000 |
Four players went to the draw where Dan Shak took two, while Eric Wasserson, Jonathan Park, and Joel Deutsch all drew one.
Wasserson then bet 1,200 from under the gun and Park raised to 6,500 in the hijack. Deutsch and Shak both quickly got out of the way, while Wasserson also mucked as Park took the pot.
Eric Kurtzman recently became the first player to bust out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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|
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63,000
63,000
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63,000 |
|
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45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
40,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Jason Papastavrou raised to 1,000 and was called by Shaun Deeb.
Both players drew one and then Papastavrou check-folded facing a 5,000 bet from Deeb.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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53,000
7,000
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7,000 |
Frank Kassela raised to 1,600 from the cutoff and was called by Scott Bohlman in the small blind and Eric Kurtzman in the big blind.
Bohlman drew one, Kurtzman drew two, and Kassela stood pat.
Bohlman then led out for 6,000, which got a fold from Kurtzman and a call from Kassela. Bohlman turned over a nine-low and Kassela mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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58,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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|
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26,000
6,000
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6,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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60,000 | |